Duke Drops Series to No. 15 North Carolina Saturday

Saturday, March 25

Chapel Hill, NC

2 PM

Duke University

15-9, 4-5

North Carolina

18-6, 4-3

Duke

North Carolina

Duke Drops Series to No. 15 North Carolina Saturday

3/25/2023 5:31:00 PM | Baseball

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – MacHorvath hit a three-run home run for No. 15 North Carolina (18-6, 4-3 ACC) in the bottom of the fifth inning to down Duke Baseball (15-9, 4-5 ACC), 5-3, and take the series from the Blue Devils at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Graduate transfer Alex Gow worked four innings allowing five runs on seven hits, as he was pinned with the loss Saturday. Gow falls to 2-2 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

North Carolina opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, 1-0.
Sophomore Alex Mooney tied the ballgame in the top of the third inning, doubling down the line in right to score Tyler Albright from second. Freshman Andrew Fischer gave Duke the lead with a double of his own down the line in right to score Mooney, 2-1.
UNC tied the ballgame with a solo shot in the bottom of the fourth, 2-2.
The Tar Heels took the lead in the bottom of the fifth on a three-run home run, 5-2.
The Blue Devils cut into the lead in the top of the sixth, as Luke Storm reached on an error by the pitcher to score Jay Beshears from third, 5-3.

NOTES

Graduate transfer Alex Gow was pegged with the loss on Saturday afternoon, working four innings and allowing five runs on seven hits. He struck out five Tar Heels on the day.
Freshman Andrew Fischer extended his hitting streak to four games Saturday at Carolina with a double to drive in Alex Mooney in the third inning.
The combination of Charlie Beilenson, Owen Proksch, Aidan Weaver and Edward Hart posted four innings and allowed two hits, while striking out two to finish the game.
Duke tallied four extra-base hits in Saturday's loss to North Carolina, with two bringing in runs for the Blue Devils.
Both sides left six runners on base on Saturday.

QUOTES

"We just didn't do enough to string offense together through the back half of the ballgame. Credit to Will Sandy he pitched effectively and used the zone to his advantage. I thought we did a lot of things really good today. You take away a couple balls leaving the ballpark I thought we pitched really well." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the final half of the game offensively.
"I loved our poise out of the bullpen today. The job by Weaver to have a short memory. Proksch has a short memory. Hart comes in and does his job again. Charlie Beilenson was really tough to take the ball for a third day in a row. I tip my hat to those guys, they did everything they needed to do along with the defense behind them to keep us in the ballgame." – On the job the bullpen did to keep the game within striking distance late.

UP NEXT

Duke continues a four-game road trip in Lynchburg, Va., as they travel to take on Liberty on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. from Liberty Baseball Stadium.

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